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 Topic: now he's possessed?! |
mgran
Replies: 35
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 Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:05 pm Subject: now he's possessed?! |
| Thank you for sharing that text. Very informative... sadly those views were extremely prevalent in those days, and I know of people from my grandparents generation who were "passed over the fire" for ... |
| Topic: My counselour says I'm delusional b/c I'm Muslim |
mgran
Replies: 45
Views: 1449
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:40 pm Subject: My counselour says I'm delusional b/c I'm Muslim |
We could really do with an "alert" button to complain about posts like this one.  |
| Topic: Does anyone here use the DivaCup? (FEMALES ONLY!!!) |
mgran
Replies: 24
Views: 528
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Forum: Women's Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:38 pm Subject: Does anyone here use the DivaCup? (FEMALES ONLY!!!) |
| I've been using a mooncup for three years. It's just incredible how much less crampy my periods are when I use it, and you can't feel anything up there at all. I've got a very heavy period the first f ... |
| Topic: My counselour says I'm delusional b/c I'm Muslim |
mgran
Replies: 45
Views: 1449
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:38 am Subject: My counselour says I'm delusional b/c I'm Muslim |
| Hey, Dossa! It's funny, it was the other way round for me... when I was a wiccan, my counsellor was fine with it. When I became Christian, everyone looked at me funny... It made me laugh when I though ... |
| Topic: My counselour says I'm delusional b/c I'm Muslim |
mgran
Replies: 45
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Forum: The Haven Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:29 am Subject: My counselour says I'm delusional b/c I'm Muslim |
| Well, I'm a devout Christian, and obviously I have disgreements with Islam, well, obviously, since I believe Jesus is the Son of God. But even though I disagree with Islam, I find myself just gobsmack ... |
| Topic: Interesting meltdown solution |
mgran
Replies: 10
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:22 am Subject: Interesting meltdown solution |
| That's exactly what my Dad used to do to calm me down when I was a kid. It was the only way they could get me to sleep for over a year. One of my earliest memories is lying across the back seat, feeli ... |
| Topic: Ode to joy - what do you feel? |
mgran
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:17 am Subject: Ode to joy - what do you feel? |
I find the tune very uplifting, though I do think it's a bit plodding. On the other hand, that doesn't matter, it sounds like a triumphal march onwards. You expect marches to be plodding.
However, ... |
| Topic: How good are aspie musicians? |
mgran
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Forum: Adolescent Autism Forum Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:59 pm Subject: How good are aspie musicians? |
The second piece was really nice. It had a kind of clannady feel.
Actually, right at the moment, I'm feeling pretty good about my musical abilities. I've had three hours of guitar lessons (classic ... |
| Topic: now he's possessed?! |
mgran
Replies: 35
Views: 1236
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:51 pm Subject: now he's possessed?! |
| I was interested to read lately that Martin Luthor (not King, the one who laid the groundwork for Protestantism) felt a child displaying autistic symptoms was an empty husk animated by Satan and recom ... |
| Topic: Open Letter: Grocery Shopping with Your Aspie Child |
mgran
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:59 am Subject: Open Letter: Grocery Shopping with Your Aspie Child |
That was very well articulated... thank you for posting that.
I'm one of those horrible mothers whose child never threw a tantrum, ever... despite us both being aspie, and I think part of it is tha ... |
| Topic: Have you ever been committed to a mental ward? |
mgran
Replies: 137
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:53 am Subject: Have you ever been committed to a mental ward? |
| I haven't, but my Mum was. It was a fairly open minded place, they let us visit every day. Even so, it smelled of urine, flatulence, and other people's sweat. My mum just lay there looking sad, until ... |
| Topic: Echolalia in your head? |
mgran
Replies: 28
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:55 am Subject: Echolalia in your head? |
| There is a member on here whose name (spazergasm) got stuck in my head. I found it incredibly frustrating that I was travelling from one end of the country to the other with the word "spasergasm" echo ... |
| Topic: How many of us have perfect pitch? |
mgran
Replies: 7
Views: 186
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:16 pm Subject: How many of us have perfect pitch? |
| Okay, when I was younger (like about thirty, twenty five years younger) I had some music lessons, but not that many, and I wasn't paying attention. I had maybe a year of piano lessons, secondary moder ... |
| Topic: Christians, why is swearing bad? |
mgran
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 11:02 am Subject: Christians, why is swearing bad? |
| I always thought swearing was bad, long before I was a Christian, not because there was anything morally wrong about it, but because it is a lazy use of language. Why use a scatalogical term when you ... |
| Topic: now he's possessed?! |
mgran
Replies: 35
Views: 1236
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:25 am Subject: now he's possessed?! |
| I didn't get the feeling that she thought her son was possessed at all. It seemed to me that she was responding just as you or I, or any sane individual would... hands up in the air in gobsmacked amaz ... |
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